Tuesday, 08 January 2013

WaPo on Hagel: "Well to the left" of Obama in his first term

FORMER SENATOR Chuck Hagel, whom President Obama is reportedly considering for defense secretary, is a Republican who would offer a veneer of bipartisanship to the national security team. He would not, however, move it toward the center, which is the usual role of such opposite-party nominees. On the contrary: Mr. Hagel’s stated positions on critical issues, ranging from defense spending to Iran, fall well to the left of those pursued by Mr. Obama during his first term — and place him near the fringe of the Senate that would be asked to confirm him.

I can't even imagine anything to the left of Obama's first term! Wouldn't you fall off the chart at the point?

Comments

Yael -- you say you can't imagine anything to the left of Obama's first term. Sure you can. In Obama's first term, he was palsy-walsy with stealth terrorists from organizations like CAIR -- but he never summoned the courage to put one of them in his Cabinet. Now, with the appointment of Hagel, he's putting a stealth terrorist (just look at the guy's attitudes toward Hamas and Hezbollah) in his Cabinet -- and not in just any old position, but in what's arguably the most important position there is. A wannabe jihadi as SecDef? That's a pretty good working definition of "left."